APPLICATION OF STANDARD CHEST X-RAY IN DETECTION OF HEART CONDITIONS

Abstract

This paper focuses on heart conditions which can be diagnosed using a technically correct standard chest X-ray. The paper presents: dextrocardia, aortic coarctation, isolated stenosis of the pulmonary artery, Lutembacher syndrome, Fallot’s tetralogy, Ebstein’s heart malformation and the aneurism of the thoracic aorta. Standard chest X-ray is the method of choice in diagnostics of heart anomalies.

Keywords

• heart conditions
• chest X-ray
• radiograph